Benjamin Blom Drama Collection:

An Inventory of His Collection of Shakespeare Materials at the Harry
Ransom Center

Creator:

Blom, Benjamin

Title:

Benjamin Blom Drama Collection:
Shakespeare Material

Dates:

1864-1927, undated

Extent:

10 document boxes (4.2 linear feet)

Abstract:

Contains bound volumes of
Shakespeare’s works, each heavily annotated and accompanied by an introductory
essay. Also included are French translations for several Shakespeare plays, a
handwritten, illuminated volume of twenty-five Shakespeare sonnets, an 1864 letter
from the National Shakespeare Committee, production notes for Twelfth Night, and a
notebook by Henry Saint-George (1866-1917) concerning the Bacon-Shakespeare
controversy.

Call Number:

Manuscript Collection
MS-3796

Language:

English and French

Access:

Open for research. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may
require up to three business days' notice for access in the Ransom Center's
Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this
material: reference@hrc.utexas.edu.

Betsy Nitsch, 2012
Note:
This finding aid replicates some information previously available only in a card
catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.